After viewing the very helpful Johari Window Video and reading Week 2 Learning Resources (focusing on the Johari Window section in the chapter entitled "6.4 Self-Disclosure and Interpersonal Communication") respond to this discussion topic. Keep in mind that the panes are almost never equal as they are in the image above. The Johari Window helps us to be more self-aware and better understand our use of self-disclosure in specific relationships. You also are very likely to have a very different Johari window depending upon your relationship with a person. For example, your panes would look quite different with your best friend than it would with a stranger.

Self-Disclosure and Interpersonal Communication

Week 2 Learning Resources

1. Draw your Johari Window with your best friend, boss, sibling, neighbor, parent, OR a coworker. Clearly identify which relationship you are using for your window. Draw the panes to scale (see the example below). Then provide a descriptive paragraph explaining each quadrant (open/free, blind, hidden, and unknown) in regard to the specific relationship that you have chosen to explore (friend, boss, sibling, neighbor, parent, or coworker). Be sure to explain which section is larger and why?

2. Answer the questions from the beginning of the section: Have you ever said too much on a first date? To a new friend? At a job interview? To a professor? Have you ever posted something on Facebook or other social media only to return later to remove it? If you answered yes to any of the questions, what have you learned in the chapter entitled "6.4 Self-Disclosure and Interpersonal Communication" that may have led you to do something differently?

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After viewing the very helpful Johari Window Video and reading Week 2 Learning Resources (focusing on the Johari Window section in the chapter entitled "6.4 Self-Disclosure and Interpersonal Communication") respond to this discussion topic. Keep in mind that the panes are almost never equal as they are in the image above. The Johari Window helps us to be more self-aware and better understand our use of self-disclosure in specific relationships. You also are very likely to have a very different Johari window depending upon your relationship with a person. For example, your panes would look quite different with your best friend than it would with a stranger.

Self-Disclosure and Interpersonal Communication

Week 2 Learning Resources

1. Draw your Johari Window with your best friend, boss, sibling, neighbor, parent, OR a coworker. Clearly identify which relationship you are using for your window. Draw the panes to scale (see the example below). Then provide a descriptive paragraph explaining each quadrant (open/free, blind, hidden, and unknown) in regard to the specific relationship that you have chosen to explore (friend, boss, sibling, neighbor, parent, or coworker). Be sure to explain which section is larger and why?

2. Answer the questions from the beginning of the section: Have you ever said too much on a first date? To a new friend? At a job interview? To a professor? Have you ever posted something on Facebook or other social media only to return later to remove it? If you answered yes to any of the questions, what have you learned in the chapter entitled "6.4 Self-Disclosure and Interpersonal Communication" that may have led you to do something differently?